Acupuncture improves cognitive deficits and increases neuron density of the hippocampus in middle-aged SAMP8 mice

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-345

  Li, Guomin ^a,b   Zhang, Xuezhu ^b   Cheng, Haiyan ^b,c   Shang, Xuemei ^b   Xie, Hui ^a   Zhang, Xin ^b   Yu, Jianchun ^b   Han, Jingxian ^b  

^a THE FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF CHENZHOU   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Hubei Jiang han Oil Field General Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS;

EID: 84873720897     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010180     Document Type: Article

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